On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 20:37 +0100, Steve wrote: > Hi list memebers. I'm new here and I'm interested in learning about > Perl. I've managed to get some programs together but have a lot to > learn. > > May I put a question to the experts? > > Suppose I have a text file that has a whopping amount of lines > (20-50,000). What would be the best way to condense or index this with > Perl so I could query it and get a yes/no on it as fast as possible with > minimum overhead? I could maintain a database to do it, but for one line > entries this would probably be overkill. It's easy to swap a text file > to update it and manage the list concerned. > > What would be the best approach? > > Warm regards > Steve > >
Put it in a database that has search-index building capacity. Don't re-invent the wheel. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
